K5 Railway Artillery Gun

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A interesting (although blurry) image of the optical sight equipment of an 28cm K5 (E) gun (I think):

Image from EBay
Sturm78

[Andrzej Ditrich]

Single photo with nice camo job made with K5 and another rare photo from eastern front.
The series is from Western Front - Italy?

source: lostbulgaria.com, Eric Wood

[kstdk]

Hello

Really nice pictures, thanks for sharing!!

Regards
Kurt
kstdk

[jopaerya]

This 28 cm K 5 (E) looks a lot like the first picture of Andrzej here above .

Picture = Ebay

Regards Jos

[kstdk]

Hello

A possible location for this 28 cm. K5?

Source: Exp. E-Bay auction.

Regards
Kurt
kstdk

[Bunkerfreak]

According to the Ebay photocaption this should be Metz 1944 , any idea on the place of the railway tunnels ??

Regards Jos

here some pics from the "Tavannes" tunnel near Verdun:

I think it is not the tavannes tunnel, however there are some german ww2 modifications in this tunnel (most sources say it was an Vergeltungswaffen-lager)

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An image from EBay. I think Leopold or sister gun in Italy after its capture...

Sturm78

[Manuferey]

Sturm78,

You can see a large "R" on the side in the middle. Therefore, it is Leopold's sister gun (or brother gun I should say here) "Robert".

Emmanuel

[Sturm78]

Thank you, Emmanuel..

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

....and the brother: Leopold

Image from EBay
Sturm78

[Manuferey]

According to the Ebay photocaption this should be Metz 1944 , any idea on the place of the railway tunnels ??

Regards Jos

The same entrance of these twin tunnels today ("tunnels d'Ebersviller Nord & Sud"):


Source: http://www.kbs-670.de/forum2/index.php? ... eadID=5844

For more information on these twin tunnels, see here:
http://www.tunnels-ferroviaires.org/tu57/57186.1.pdf
http://www.tunnels-ferroviaires.org/tu57/57186.2.pdf
Source: http://www.tunnels-ferroviaires.org/inventaire.htm#14

Emmanuel

[jopaerya]

Thanks Emmanuel

You are tunneling deep .

Regards Jos

[Manuferey]

Yeah, I have tunnel vision at the moment !

Emmanuel

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A special railcar associated to the 28cm K5 (E) railway gun. Any idea ??

Sturm78

[shamirnewell]

Perhaps turntable sections